Better names for ‘Never Events’

Better Late Than Never

Some Prolog systems are able to delay the execution of Prolog goals and resume it later. We were involved in the design, implementation and evaluation of several such systems and we summarise here our experiences with them. First we describe a general structure of such ’coroutining’ systems and then we concentrate on the particular features of and choices made in three ECRC’s logic programming ...

Better late than never?

Although additional validation studies are needed, the data suggest that knowledge of circulating miRNAs such as miR-155 may someday be used to predict which patients with MBL go on to develop overt CLL. Importantly, the investigators looked at several types of specimens, including CLL cells and plasma from patients with CLL. Plasma miR-155 was as effective a biomarker as miR-155 isolated from ...

Clarifying "never events and introducing "always events"

Despite the widespread usage of the term "never events," the National Quality Forum (NQF) refers to these events as "serious reportable events" in all of their definitions and references. In this editorial, we use the popular but likely improper term "never events" as it further illustrates the public's perception of adverse occurrences. Although the preferred terminology reverts to "serious re...

Gene regulation: Better late than never?

A new study has found that, in Arabidopsis, the paternal copies of many genes are delayed in expression during early seed development. The distribution of the genes and nature of their products suggest that this delayed expression of paternal alleles may be a global phenomenon.

Medical audit--better later than never.